Anonymous wrote:Did Dooce die?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsERc9lR_XC/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Are more mentally ill people drawn to this type of online presence? Or does the online presence make a mental illness worse?

Dooce also was a keynote of this mom 2 conference a few years ago.

First Dave Hollis now Dooce?

I know it’s not the point of your comment but I’d love to know what your job is that allows you to be a hermit. That sounds like a dream for me… 🙃

I’m essentially a data scientist although that is not my exact title nor do I like the sound of it. I started working remotely even before the pandemic. The boss checks in a couple times a month to get updates on projects and I occasionally go to industry conferences. Other than that I set my own schedule.

It is a dream in many ways. I can live independently in a major city. I don’t have to work that much and can afford some small luxuries in life. Though my parents grew up in developing world poverty so my idea of “luxury” may differ from yours.

Still, I’d like to make more money. With the way life is getting so expensive and middle-class people are being increasingly stripped of financial security, I want to have a bigger nest egg. I also have fancier dreams of selling my condo and buying some acres outside the city, first class travel, etc.

Unfortunately even with all my privileges and skills, I still became “the loser” your parents warned you about; high nearly all the time, few meaningful relationships and little engagement within the community. Beware!

Did Dooce die?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsERc9lR_XC/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I'm glad she posted pics of all of her fellow grifters at that conference so I now know who to stay away from.

Anonymous wrote:yes! a hermit-job sounds dreamy to me too

+1

yes! a hermit-job sounds dreamy to me too

Anonymous wrote:I’ve also been through traumatic events that I haven’t fully recovered from even though I’ve been in therapy for years. Some have speculated that Jen has turned to an unhealthy relationship with substances to cope. I did. I’m a full blown addict.

Like Jen, I’m still doing pretty well for myself in life but my overall health isn’t great. I’d love to switch careers (like maybe she would) but this market is brutal. I keep trying though! It’s funny because I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum as Jen. My job allows me to be a hermit. I rarely have to interact with anyone and I’ve wondered if this has hindered my healing somewhat. Maybe somewhat similarly to Jen in the sense that her constant performance for the public likely hinders her healing too.

What can I say? Jen is a super flawed person for real, not just for show. But aren’t we all?

I know it’s not the point of your comment but I’d love to know what your job is that allows you to be a hermit. That sounds like a dream for me… 🙃

I’ve also been through traumatic events that I haven’t fully recovered from even though I’ve been in therapy for years. Some have speculated that Jen has turned to an unhealthy relationship with substances to cope. I did. I’m a full blown addict.

Like Jen, I’m still doing pretty well for myself in life but my overall health isn’t great. I’d love to switch careers (like maybe she would) but this market is brutal. I keep trying though! It’s funny because I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum as Jen. My job allows me to be a hermit. I rarely have to interact with anyone and I’ve wondered if this has hindered my healing somewhat. Maybe somewhat similarly to Jen in the sense that her constant performance for the public likely hinders her healing too.

What can I say? Jen is a super flawed person for real, not just for show. But aren’t we all?

Anonymous wrote:As much as her recent public silliness-shilling annoys me, I do appreciate the comments here about how being betrayed so publicly deeply impacts the psyche. I was in a similar situation, after being married 25 years, and it took 10 years for me to finally get my footing back. I can't imagine what it would have been like for that to all the public on social media. So I have been thinking about how fresh her break up is, and how visible. It hurts like a MF.

I was one of these commenters, because it happened to me as well. Hugs to you! It is an awful, traumatic and disorienting experience and I can’t imagine being on a public stage. The spiraling is understandable; just think she needs better support to help her step back and reassess things.

Get ready for a busy week next week as Mom of the Year Jen Hatmaker blasts out a million promo code ready suggestions for Mother's Day gifts in between posts putting her troubled teen adopted daughter on blast publicly for the amusement of upwards of a million total strangers.

These conferences are so weird.

Plus…The irony of her publicly showing contempt and consistently shaming her daughter (adopted, international, black, likely on the spectrum) and then being a keynote speaker at a mom conference the next week lol

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Anonymous wrote:No doubt she has suffered trauma from the divorce. I just wish she’d be intentional and take the needed time to heal from it. Instead she immediately jumped into a relationship. She does need a re-set and she just doesn’t seem to be really growing emotionally. She seems like a ping pong ball going every which way the money or sex takes her to. She needs those who love her to intervene and help her to do what it takes to heal and it’s not easy work doing that. She’s just doing everything way over the top when really less is more probably in every area of her life right now. She seems addicted to social media so I can’t see her cultivating an offline life. She seems to have channeled her hurt into rage that she directs at Remy. Or maybe that was formerly channeled at Brandon?

It's almost as if she felt the need to be like Brandon (which was a terrible example to follow). If she'd just take the time to heal, she's be much more respected, as opposed to all this acting out that we're witnessing.

Edited to say, "she'd".

Anonymous wrote:No doubt she has suffered trauma from the divorce. I just wish she’d be intentional and take the needed time to heal from it. Instead she immediately jumped into a relationship. She does need a re-set and she just doesn’t seem to be really growing emotionally. She seems like a ping pong ball going every which way the money or sex takes her to. She needs those who love her to intervene and help her to do what it takes to heal and it’s not easy work doing that. She’s just doing everything way over the top when really less is more probably in every area of her life right now. She seems addicted to social media so I can’t see her cultivating an offline life. She seems to have channeled her hurt into rage that she directs at Remy. Or maybe that was formerly channeled at Brandon?

It's almost as if she felt the need to be like Brandon (which was a terrible example to follow). If she'd just take the time to heal, she's be much more respected, as opposed to all this acting out that we're witnessing.